Bob Babcock vs. Claude Passeau — Career Comparison

Bob Babcock
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Claude Passeau
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Claude Passeau built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob Babcock as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Claude Passeau posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.32 and WHIP 1.318 compared to 3.92 and 1.413 for Bob Babcock. By the career numbers, Claude Passeau had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Babcock and Claude Passeau

Bob Babcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
6.12
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444
1.47
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
1.1
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
0.54
Bob Babcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.47
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
0.5
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.92
51.92
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.55
74.55
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
0.62
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.09
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.07
Bob Babcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
3.92
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1003
3.32
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Bob Babcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
27
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8159
27
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.1
9
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2719.2
9
Bob Babcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
7.53
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
2856
9.45
Bob Babcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.53
7.53
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.45
9.45
Bob Babcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.94
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.35
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Bob Babcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Bob Babcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
4.87
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
728
2.41
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.87
4.87
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
6.12
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1104
3.65
Bob Babcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.12
6.12
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Bob Babcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.674
0.674
Bob Babcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.07
Bob Babcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.47
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.13
Bob Babcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
246
38.62
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11642
38.53
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.51
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
0.28
Bob Babcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
4.24
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1204
3.98
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.63
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.94
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Babcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.26
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.378
1.378
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.318
1.318
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
202
31.71
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10875
35.99
Bob Babcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Bob Babcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Bob Babcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.62
38.62
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.53
38.53

Fielding Stats for Bob Babcock and Claude Passeau

Bob Babcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
6.12
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
444
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Babcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
27
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Babcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.1
9
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.31
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.26
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
583
Bob Babcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.57
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
730
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.57
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
713
Bob Babcock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.67
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.606
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Babcock and Claude Passeau

Bob Babcock
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 600 PA
39
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
447
255.43
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1050
600
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
982
561.14
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.515
0.515
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
189
108
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
142
81.14
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
16.57
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.71
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
8.57
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
26.86
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.079
0.079
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59.94
34.25
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
269
153.71
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
216
123.43
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.488
0.488
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
0.37
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
45.71
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
149
85.14
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51.63
29.5
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.57
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.86
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Babcock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
294
168
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.57
3.57
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
23.43
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Babcock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
13
7.43
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.14
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Passeau
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.14
Bob Babcock
Career
Per 600 PA
Claude Passeau
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100